{"id":55,"date":"2019-10-18T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/?p=55"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:01:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:01:49","slug":"resource-review-bob-box-of-broadcasts-learning-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/2019\/10\/18\/resource-review-bob-box-of-broadcasts-learning-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource Review: BoB, Box of Broadcasts\/Learning on Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningonscreen.ac.uk\/ondemand\">Bob<\/a>, Box of Broadcasts, or Learning on Screen (they&#8217;ve gone by many names over the years) is a tool which I&#8217;ve used for a number of years on my modules. As a resource , when you pick the right programmes and documentaries, it can add considerable depth to the resources available to students to contextualise the subject matter you&#8217;ve been exploring in lectures and seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BOB Trailer (Box Of Broadcasts)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ULVWuiiAcOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main benefits of using BoB is that all the material is pre-validated for teaching use so there&#8217;s no tiresome checking with the library for permissions etc. If it&#8217;s available on BoB it can be inserted into your module as a teaching resource. Possibly more useful for a generation used to Youtube and iPlayer, the BoB controls are highly intuitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BoB themselves are continuously improving the site and over the last 2 years have added much better VLE integration, so it&#8217;s possible if you&#8217;ve reviewed this resource before and found it &#8220;clunky&#8221; it could have had a  sizeable improvement since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the most useful improvements (which will also carry over to Canvas) is the improved share options which BoB now has. Including one of the share options being a direct iframe code which can be inserted straight into a VLE. This user friendliness means that with a very short copy and paste into the VLE you can add a video using an pre-setup embed code. WAYFless Links are also available to speed students directly to the resource (see some useful Youtube&#8217;s below from the Learning Technology Development  team of Edge Hill University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Technology Supported Learning - Making use of BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hGfi8cyBQFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Box of Broadcasts: Using WAYFless Links for Easy Access to Resources\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMb45PyybOM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favourite uses of the resource is to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/learningonscreen.ac.uk\/ondemand\/playlists\/222904\">playlists<\/a> for students which will lead them to a range of resources from which they can pick from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of integration with the learning experience I&#8217;ve used this resource in a number of ways including getting students to watch documentaries and write reflective blogs comparing and contrasting what we&#8217;ve taught them in the classroom with their views after watching some real world practise. I&#8217;ve also used it in a flipped classroom technique for a seminar, where students were to watch after a lecture a documentary on Mercedes&#8217;s merger with Chrysler, and the seminar was very much them debating the issues arising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downsides of the resource are that it can take a little time to curate and find the videos you want. There is a little set-up time here. A quick time saver can be though to search through other peoples playlists in the search function, you can do this by selecting &#8220;search public playlists&#8221; on the search function instead of just searching programmes. The last downside is that while it does have a great deal, it doesn&#8217;t have everything. I&#8217;m still waiting for Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room to show up sometime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/S2044-9968(2013)000006D010\/full\/html\">Academic research<\/a> which has been published regarding the integration of BoB into the curriculum is sparse (and potentially an area for pedagogic research). However JISC have published some insightful guides on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/guides\/using-digital-media-in-new-learning-models\/video\">using video in teaching and learning<\/a>, within their larger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/guides\/using-digital-media-in-new-learning-models\">&#8220;Using digital media in new learning models&#8221;<\/a> guide. My favourite part of the guide being one of my favourite views of the use of technology in teaching overall: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/guides\/using-digital-media-in-new-learning-models\/considerations\">&#8220;Technology should never be used for &#8216;technology sake&#8217;. There should always be an underlying pedagogical reason for its use.&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do leave a comment below if you yourself have had any positive\/negative experiences with BoB, or would like to share any further resources or help guides associated with this resource.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob, Box of Broadcasts, or Learning on Screen (they&#8217;ve gone by many names over the years) is a tool which I&#8217;ve used for a number of years on my modules. As a resource , when you pick the right programmes and documentaries, it can add considerable depth to the resources available to students to contextualise &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/2019\/10\/18\/resource-review-bob-box-of-broadcasts-learning-on-screen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource Review: BoB, Box of Broadcasts\/Learning on Screen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,7,4,6],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-review","tag-bob","tag-quick-to-use","tag-resource-review","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsteachinglearningtechnologyforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}